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type: "Bill"
title: "Gainesville, City of; ad valorem taxes; educational purposes; provide new homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Gainesville independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1271"
citation: "Georgia HB 1271 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Clark", "Derrick McCollum", "Emory Dunahoo", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Dubnik", "Soo Hong"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9119f383-219f-469c-b752-731c2f4762ac"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4ce9e5e61fcf5eaab781838446ff362439217de14b04b44c6698a592bbca15c9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 1271 (2023_24) — Gainesville, City of; ad valorem taxes; educational purposes; provide new homestead exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Gainesville independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 1271/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227233.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2773/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223975.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223986.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #646 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #521 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Clark — primary (person)
- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
- Soo Hong — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-13** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 648 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9119f383-219f-469c-b752-731c2f4762ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).